Open AccessCarbon footprints and personal emission monitoring
Author(s) -
Adriaan Perrels,
JuhaMatti Katajajuuri
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ökologisches wirtschaften
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2625-5421
pISSN - 1430-8800
DOI - 10.14512/oew.v23i3.588
Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , climate change , consumption (sociology) , natural resource economics , environmental economics , carbon footprint , environmental science , environmental resource management , term (time) , business , environmental planning , environmental protection , economics , ecology , sociology , social science , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
To reach the long-term goal of substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the consumption of households is a crucial factor. To address consumers and change their behaviour towards a more climate-friendly lifestyle, new policy instruments are needed